Car-ticket or stamp box



(No Model.)

I. G. POLLARD.

OAR TICKET OR STAMP BOX.

No. 320,814. Patented June 23, 1885.

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ISAAC G. POLLARD, OF SUNVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-TICKET OR STAMP BOX.

.TfiPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 320,814, dated June23, 1885. Application filed March 27, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC G. POLLARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sunville, in the county of Venango and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOar-Ticket or Stamp Boxes, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in cases to be carried in thepocket to contain cards, tickets, matches,or like objects, and has foran object to provide simple means by which the cover may be securelyheld in place on the box or body of the case.

The invention consists in certain constructions and combinations ofparts,whioh will be described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the box. Fig. 2 isaperspective View of the cover inverted, and Fig. 3 is a Verticalsection of the case.

The box A may be provided with indentations a, to furnish a better gripin removing the cover. This box has its upper end separated by cornerslits B into sections 0 O and D D, usually four, and one or both ofthesections of each pair are given an outward tension by bending them out,.or in other suitable manner, so as to bind firmly within the cover andhold the same by frictional contact, so that it will not becomeaccidentally detached in the pocket, and yet may be conveniently removedwhen desired. The sections 0 G are cut away at G O to permit access tocards or tickets in the box.

WVhile the spring of the sections will give good results, I prefer toemploy the positive connections for the box and cover, which I will nowdescribe.

One of the sections D is provided on its outer side, near its upper ormovable end,with a stud, d, which enters a recess or opening, 6, formedinto or through the cover E.

By this construction, when the cover is applied, the stud 61 will enterthe recess e and will lock the cover 011 the box until the stud isreleased, either by pressure on the lower end of the section D or on thestud itself, for which latter purpose I form the opening 6 entirelythrough the end of the cover. The cover may also be provided withindentations a, to furnish finger-holds for the user in applying andremoving the cover. W'hen desired, the box may be provided at the baseof sections 0 D with a shoulder or rib, a, to form a stop for the cover.

The invention is simple, and the box and cover may be stamped out orotherwise made at a slight cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The pocket-case herein described, consisting of the box divided at itsopen end by slits B into sections-G C and D D, said sections being givenan outward tension, astud,d, near the upper end of one of the sections,and the cover having a recess fitted and arranged to be engaged by thestud d, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC G. POLLARD.

Witnesses:

TIMOTHY BOGARDUS, B. O. SPAULDING.

